In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reached the airport to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived on a two-day visit to attend the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit.

After Putin received a grand welcome at the Palam airport, the two leaders hopped on a Toyota Fortuner to go 7 Lok Kalyan Marg for a private dinner.

The leaders' not getting in a usual Range Rover or Mercedes caught attention and raised a lot of curiosity. So, why was the car picked?

According to sources, as cited by CNN-News18, “The elite Special Protection Group (SPG) prefers non-predictable and neutral vehicles for movements involving two heads of state. The idea is to reduce pattern recognition and threat exposure. A neutral Toyota is easier to modify, armour, and integrate into mixe

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